NAGA CITY (5 November) - JEEPNEY PASSENGERS arriving at the North bound terminal here early dawn today reported that the provincial road leading to the towns of Tinambac, Siruma and the port locality of Tamban had been blocked by landslide along Sitio Hubo of Barangay Bulao-Balite in Tinambac, Cam. Sur.

NAGA CITY (5 November) - THE NEW LEADERSHIP of the Camarines Sur II Electric Cooperative Inc. (CASURECO II) Board of Directors has vehemently opposed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed by City Mayor Jesse Robredo and the former CASURECO II board president, Msgr. Zosimo Ma. Sañado, granting some twenty-five percent (25%) discount on the monthly bills of the City streetlights, despite the existing outstanding arrears of some P 125-Million in unpaid power bills.

PILI, Camarines Sur (31 October)- The Camarines Sur Watersports Complex (CWC), conceded the "best cable wake park in the world", will be the focus of international extreme sports circles as Governor LRay Villafuerte in partnership with the Asian Wakeboard Association bring to the province the second edition of the Asian Wake Park Championship on October 30 to November 1, 2009.

NAGA CITY (26 October) -Liberal Party (LP) presidentiable Sen. Noynoy Aquino recently made consultations with multi-sectoral groups and old Liberal party members in Naga City, Calabanga, San Fernando towns in Camarines Sur and Albay province during the weekend.

MANILA, Oct. 29, 2009- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has accredited the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) as its citizen's arm for the May 2010 elections. In an en banc resolution dated Oct. 26, the Comelec noted that for the past several years, the Catholic Church-backed poll watchdog has consistently worked for credible elections.

MANILA, Oct. 26, 2009- Green Christmas, green Valentine's, and green fiestas. Now, it's green "Undas." Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez said it's about time to mark the yearly All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day free of piles of garbage.

MANILA, Oct. 26, 2009-Father Michael Sinnott, an elderly Columban missionary kidnapped in Southern Philippines, has won praise for his courage from Pope Benedict XVI. In a tribute on World Mission Day last Oct. 18 in the Vatican, the pope hailed the frail 79-year old priest's work even in the face of terrible danger.

Naga City (29 October) - Annoyed by rumors that some priests in his jurisdiction are being enjoined to run for public office, Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi declared in a homily that priests in the Archdiocese of Caceres are forbidden from seeking public posts this coming May 2010 Elections.

MANILA - When President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 839 on October 23 ordering oil companies to roll back pump prices in areas affected by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng to October 15 levels, the Big Three - Petron, Caltex, and Shell - warned of supply shortages and negative effects in planned investments. They did comply, albeit grudgingly, by lowering prices in Luzon but increasing pump prices in Visayas and Mindanao.

The accreditation of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting or PPCRV by the COMELEC as its national citizen's arm in the imminent May 2010 elections is especially auspicious this time.